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The Applications Engineers at Burns have all the fun.  They have daily conversations with folks around the world about fascinating temperature measurement challenges.  This Application Note is just another example. 

See all our Application notes - Great lunchtime reading.

Thanks.  See anything interesting from your point of view?  Leave a comment.

Chuck

Welcome Calendar Challenge participants. 

The purpose of the Calendar Challenge (CC) is first and foremost to have a little fun.  Secondly to show our appreciation to our customers for staying connected with us at Burns Engineering.  If you’re interested in a few rules and guidelines for the CC -  Here you go.  Otherwise, here is the first interactive CC.

Visit the Burns Web Site and locate this image.

Click on the image.  A dialog box will open for you to tell us how long it took to find.  Provide your email address and you will be entered in to a random drawing for a special recognition prize.  Trust us, you’ll love it.

The winner will be contacted via the email address provided.

Happy searching and see you next month for the second Calendar Challenge.  Next month may be just a bit more challenging.

Your friends at Burns.

How deep does the interest in temperature measurement in the industry run at Burns Engineering?  So deep that Jan, Burns’ Customer Service Representative, went on a tour of a Power Plant with her family.  Here is what she observed at the Coal Fired Power Plant. 

I recently had a chance to tour a power plant and observe how coal is converted into energy to heat our homes, businesses etc.  To me the most interesting part of my tour was watching the coal cars being emptied.  The trains come in from Wyoming or Montana with 105 to 117 cars loaded with coal. Each car holds up to 120 tons. The cars are automatically pulled thru the plant and each car is completely turned over and emptied onto a conveyer where the coal is crushed to fine dust for burning. The long line of cars continue to move slowly thru the plant and each one is emptied one after the other.  As the coal is crushed, water is continuously sprayed over it to keep it compacted.  The plant burns coal at a rate of 30,000 tons every day; about 3 trainloads, or about 9 million tons a year. 

I was able to stand on the roof and look over the 4500 acres the plant is on.   There is a 88 acre coal storage pile with a 40 to 45 day supply of crushed coal piled high for burning.  I saw the main control room, the boilers and the large equipment used to move piles of coal out in the yard.  There are 3 boilers, each more than 200 feet tall, that use about 3,335,000 gallons of water an hour to produce steam.  All 3 boilers combined,  burn more than 1300 tons of coal per hour.   This is quite an engineering marvel and if you ever get a chance to go thru a power plant I highly recommend.

Jan,  Burns Customer Service.

Thanks for sharing your story Jan!

Chuck

The next RTDology session is scheduled for January 14th.  Curious?  Visit the RTDology page.  Just want to register? Do it.  It will be worth it.

This session will be an highly interactive question and answer session with attendee participation, covering a variety of topics from common temperature measurement concerns to a few subtle but potentially very influential issues.  Join the session, share your questions, listen to the conversation and gain some insight that will make you a Temperature Measurement Expert in your organization.

Register NOW!

If you have a topic you would like Bill to cover in a future session, visit the RTDology page and near the bottom, select “VOTE”  or the “Share…” button and describe briefly how we can help.

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The years, they pass, their unwavering rate

The pace of time, unchanging

Weeks and months, just moments in life

The future edges closer

Look back, you’ll see, the flash of time

What was, constantly fading

The view of next, what’s yet to come

So close yet out of reach

Is what, what is? or what could be?

What was, ours only to recall

Can? Will? Is? Yes? A question or reality?

The Future, not set, possibilities await

let happen or make it so?

It is our choice to let, or cause

Believe and Choose to create.

 The new year is an opportunity to create the future that you see yourself being a part of.

Happy New Year.  Make it a great, joyous, prosporous and exciting reality.

The greatest gift, We wish for you,

Prosperity and Health, In the year that’s new.

As two thousand nine, Comes to a close,

We see possibilities, As opportunity grows.

In this season, Of comfort and joy,

We won’t be shy, We won’t be coy.

We’ll speak right up, And say it loud.

Whether to one, Or to a crowd.

The greatest gift, We could receive,

Are customers like you, We truly believe.

Your process confidence, For what our heart yearns,

Happy Holidays from, Your friends at Burns.

What is your opinon of the classic Trade Show experience?  Burns participates in various Trade Shows and although there are always some interesting people to meet and facinating things to see, the attendance has been pretty thin.

Has the Trade Show style event run out of steam?

Has information accessibility via the WEB transcended the historical value of the Trade Show hands-on experience?

What do you think? 

What approaches do you prefer to evaluate products and services and see what’s new?

Share your thoughts.  Comment anonymously, simply don’t include your name in the comment text.  We are always looking for ways to better connect with our customers and other temperature enthusiasts.

Chuck

Customer Service Lead, Judy had a great idea.  She met Daryl from AlphaCitiCorp who works in a collaborative relationship between Mentor Corps and The Salvation Army.

They are doing a great service for folks in difficult situations through various programs.  alphaciticorps.pdf  …………Judy engaged the Burns folks in support the “Donate Your Shoes” program. shoe-donation.pdf.  See how well we did.  Several bags and boxes.

What a wonderful feeling; Helping others in the season of Thanksgiving!

Thank you Judy for helping Burns serve others.

Chuck

It seems the grilling season is continuing through the end of November.  The Burns folks just can’t grill without a little temperature measurement expertise.  JD Burns shares his grilling technology. 

Doesn’t this make you hungry?  Send your grilling recipes, we’d love to try them.  As far as I’m concerned, Grilling season never ends. 

Chuck

Just sharing the PharmTech blog.  Interesting insights on an industry that is in action , in turmoil, and in-fluencing our life and health.  Something to pay attention to.

Chuck